Typhoon

Latest in Typhoon

At least 20 U.S. Air Force tanker aircraft, 10 KC-46s and an equal number of KC-135s, supported the first day of the latest Bamboo Eagle exercise off the California Coast, according to online flight tracking data.
Air

Tankers Flood Airspace Off The California Coast For China-Focused Air Combat Exercise

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 11, 2025

A Spanish Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon participating in NATO exercise Ramstein Flag 24 flies over the west coast of Greece, Oct. 4, 2024. Over 130 fighter and enabler aircraft from Greece, Canada, France, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom and United States are training side by side to improve tactics and foster more robust integration, demonstrating NATO’s resolve, commitment and ability to deter potential adversaries and defend the Alliance.
Air

Spanish Typhoon Buy Signals Upward Trend For Eurofighter

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Dec 20, 2024

SPEAR 3 air-to-surface mini cruise missile.
Air

UK’s New SPEAR 3 Mini Cruise Missile Succeeds In First End-To-End Test

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Nov 18, 2024

A TAURUS (Target Adaptive Unitary and dispensor Robotic Ubiquity System) KEPD 350 air-launched cruise missile, is on display during the press presentation at the International Aerospace Exhibition (ILA) in Schoenefeld, near Berlin, on June 3, 2024. The Aerospace Exhibition on aerospace industry, including aviation, space and defence, takes place at Schoenefeld Airport near Berlin and runs from June 5 to 9, 2024.
Air

Germany Plans To Buy Advanced New Taurus Cruise Missiles: Report

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Oct 25, 2024

Three German Eurofighter EF2000s have completed a record-breaking endurance flight for the multirole fighter. Remaining in the air for a total of 10 hours 31 minutes, the trio of combat aircraft flew from Japan to Hawaii today, supported by aerial refueling tankers that included KC-135 Stratotankers operated by private aerospace firm Metrea, a contractor-owned and operated aerial refueling business that recently acquired of 14 KC-135s from the French Air and Space Force.
Air

German Eurofighters Make Record-Breaking Flight With Help From Private Aerial Refueling Company

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 27, 2024

The United Kingdom is advancing the build of a new fighter demonstrator as part of its Tempest next-generation air combat program. The demonstrator, so far only known as the Flying Technology Demonstrator, is planned to fly within the next three years and its progress in an important boost for the Tempest stealth fighter — and wider Future Combat Air System (FCAS) — program, the future of which has recently begun to be questioned in some quarters.
Air

Tempest Stealth Fighter Flying Demonstrator Takes Shape

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 24, 2024

German contractor Diehl Defense has unveiled a new “remote carrier” — a long-range effector that can be launched from aircraft, as well as from land and sea platforms. The missile-like store, known as FEANIX, which stands for Future Effector — Adaptable, Networked, Intelligent, eXpendable, is being pitched as an adjunct to the pan-European Future Combat Air System (FCAS) next-generation air combat program, as well as for the in-service Eurofighter Typhoon.
Air

FEANIX ‘Remote Carrier’ Aims To Be The Ultra-Adaptable Missile Of The Future

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jun 5, 2024

Boeing Pitches F-15EX For Saudi Arabian Fighter Competition
Air

Boeing Pitches F-15EX For Saudi Arabian Fighter Competition

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on May 3, 2024

As part of a £2.35 billion investment into upgrading Typhoon, a European Common Radar System (ECRS) Mark 2 Radar developed by Leonardo UK features a unique multi-functional array (MFA) which will allow Typhoon to simultaneously detect, identify, and track multiple targets in the air and on the ground plus perform electronic warfare tasks.
Air

British Eurofighter Finally Gets Advanced Swashplate AESA Radar

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jan 17, 2024

The German Air Force is now formally on track to get 15 Typhoon EK electronic warfare jets.
News & Features

Electronic Warfare Typhoon EK Fighter To Join German Air Force

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Nov 30, 2023

F-35 Highway Operations RAF
Air

British F-35Bs To Bring Vertical Landing Abilities To Highways

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 13, 2023

Here’s How Feasible The U.K. Giving Eurofighters To Ukraine Actually Is
News & Features

Here’s How Feasible The U.K. Giving Eurofighters To Ukraine Actually Is

By Jamie Hunter, Thomas Newdick

Posted on Feb 10, 2023

Frigate Typhoon Strike
News & Features

British Typhoon Fighters Helped Sink A Warship For The First Time

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 23, 2022

Qatari Typhoon fighter
Air

This Is Our First Look At A Typhoon Fighter Jet In Qatari Colors

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on May 10, 2022

British Typhoon Fighter Downed A Drone Over Syria For Its First Air-To-Air Kill
News & Features

British Typhoon Fighter Downed A Drone Over Syria For Its First Air-To-Air Kill

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Dec 17, 2021

Kuwait Has Received Its First Typhoon Fighter Jets
Air

Kuwait Has Received Its First Typhoon Fighter Jets

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Dec 8, 2021